jane pascoe

Conservative Councillor for Belmont, Chaser of Education Dreams and Moral High Grounds

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

The BBC's @mrCharlieRose is looking for families impacted by long delays in EHCP assessments /annual reviews, based outside London. He also wants to speak to those with a positive EHCP experience, to ask why the system worked better for them. [email protected] 07715 038533

[Ash 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉🏍 @FlashMuellerF30]

Dear Jeremy Hunt

This stands for ALL of our war dead. In the Forces we do not care about colour, creed, religion, economic or social background. We honour our fallen equally, and without judgement or prejudice.

These men and women died for us, and we will honour them. Always

[Merryn Somerset Webb @MerrynSW]

The UK tax system is a hideous complicated mess. Imagine if instead of cutting NI, Hunt merged it into income tax. Or if he sorted out VAT. Or dealt with the income tax threshold thing. Or aligned taxes on gains and income. Or anything at all that made it easier not harder..

[Prue Leith @PrueLeith]

It's great that the conversation is being had. @MDMDmydecision @dignityindying

[@xpgateshead @xpgateshead]

Our G29 students' beautiful work curated at @Gateshead_NHS promoting organ donation answering the guiding question: "What does it mean to be human?"

Special thanks to Andy for supporting this work, and to our wonderful artists in Year 8 and their teacher Ms Macphail!

[ADHDDude @DudeAdhd]

My blood pressure goes through the roof when I see an email like this.

I refuse to accept any email encrypted in Egress. I have deleted this email immediately.

Egress is a platform that takes your rights. Do not allow LAs to dictate to you how to receive emails!!! 😡😡😡😡

[Georgina Durrant @senresourceblog]

🧵 pls RT:

I’m writing an article about problems parents of children with SEND are faced with when trying to get support (problems with EHCPs, lengthy waits for external agencies- SALT, EPs, CAHMS- subsequent waits for assessments/diagnosis, lack of special school places etc)

[Neil Garratt AM @NeilGarratt]

Have you seen Jack?

[Niamh Sweeney @Niamhms23]

Do you know what’s good for children Gillian?

✅ Smaller class sizes
✅ Subject specialist teachers
✅ Safe buildings
✅ Access to CAMHS and specialist support

Maybe you could get on with delivering those things!

[Rachel A-S @Chuffin_ell]

Minimum wage will be £11.44 from April 2024.

Unpaid carers will still receive less than £11 A DAY from April 2024

Paid carers will receive £137.28 for 12 hour shift.

Unpaid carers will receive £10.96 for a 24 hour shift (that they are legally allowed to do, day after day)

[Reena Barai @REENABARAI]

It’s been so hard to stay quiet about this! I loved filming for the ad. Never been involved in anything so high level & professional b4. So pleased they chose a real pharmacist to portray the service too. Comms like this R essential to get the right message across re Pharmacy 1st

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

A counsellor who works with anxious children has messaged me. One of her young clients has seven detentions to make up, meaning that they can’t go to the after-school sports that they love. Another is spending their days in isolation, initially because they left class to go to the toilet when the teacher said no, and now because they keep being ‘non-compliant’ with the rules in isolation (meaning, they talk when they aren’t meant to and move around too much).

These children are miserable, and their parents are so worried that they are paying therapists to help them.

Therapy won’t help. It’s not magic. Punitive policies in schools are creating anxiogenic environments. That means an environment which creates anxiety. They are punishing children for being immature, for behaviour which is childish and not malicious.

Everyone is affected by an anxiogenic system, because those who aren’t punished are scared that they will be next. Yes it might result in more compliant behaviour and silent corridors, but what are we doing to the next generation? Is the cost really worth it?

[Rachel A-S @Chuffin_ell]

If nothing else could #unpaidcarers at least get the blue light card and discounts on hospital food and drinks - given they are effectively staff

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

Conservative MP Elliot Colburn shares a personal story about suicide, asking the PM to send a message of support to all struggling with their mental health

Rishi Sunak responds by thanking Colburn for his "bravery" in sharing his story

#PMQs https://t.co/7KJXdr3cMW

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[SEND parent action group (SENDPAG) @SENDPAG]

The problem when parents like us leave is the opportunity it creates for ‘yes’ parents to fill the space. Absolutely LAs use PCFs to further their own agenda but this is most dangerous when there’s a compliant PCF! Time to reform this outdated, autocratic model @NNPCF

[Polly🇮🇪🇪🇺💙 @sonais20]

@CrisisEhcp @SuttonCouncil The plan to monitor social media speaks volumes for how Cllr Marion James addresses concerns of a vocal parents forum. When internal communications are shared it exposes the true agenda of those paid to represent interests of ppl with SEND. Only passive parents matter in Sutton.

[letuslearntoo @letuslearntoo]

Having seen what happened at @SuttonCouncil it’s really worrying to see the level of unpleasantness that is thrown at those who speak up for SEND children. The @NNPCF somehow need to find a way around the building assumption among LAs that ‘co-production’ ultimately means control.

[City Hall Conservatives @CityHallTories]

REVEALED: Sadiq Khan has made £9 MILLION in ULEZ fines in just 6 weeks - much of which has been paid by the poorest drivers.

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